mace head

Japanese: mace head(英語表記)macehead
mace head

…Other stone axes used as weapons or ceremonial guards include the battle axes of the European Neolithic and Bronze Ages, and some of the perforated stone axes of the Chinese Neolithic. Circular stone axes, which have a blade on the periphery and a central hole for the handle, and multi-headed stone axes, which have multiple protruding blades on the periphery, are also mace heads used as weapons or ceremonial guards, and are found in various ethnic groups and from the Neolithic to the Bronze Ages around the world. The most common planar shape of stone axes is rectangular or oval, with a wide blade and a narrow end on the other end. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "mace head" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また武器あるいは儀仗用の石斧には,ヨーロッパ新石器時代から青銅器時代にかけての闘斧や,中国新石器時代の有孔石斧の一部があげられる。環形の周縁を刃とし,中央の孔に柄をさしこむ環状石斧や,周縁にいくつもの突き出した刃を作り出した多頭石斧も,武器か儀仗用の棍棒頭mace headであって,世界各地の新石器時代から青銅器時代にかけて,また民族例に散見する。 最も一般的な石斧の平面形は長方形,長円形を基本とし,刃の側が幅広く,逆の端は狭い。…

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